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Maphisa police brutalise learners during crime awareness drive
What was meant to be a crime awareness campaign at Mahetshe Primary School in Maphisa has sparked national outrage and calls for accountability after police officers reportedly assaulted several pupil...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:39hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa launches unrestrained attack on Chiwenga
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has unleashed a scathing attack on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, calling him cruel, illiterate, and an electoral liability. The remarks have further ...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 10:52hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Headman Godzi flew South African soldiers home
Captain Simon Thalon Moyo, widely known as Headman Godzi, has carved out an extraordinary legacy as a distinguished figure in both the skies and his local community. His recent role as the commanding ...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 13:19hrs | 5406 | by Staff reporter
'Govt funded SADC Summit with BEAM fees,' Minister
In a clear sign of extreme negligence, modern generational betrayal and gross breach of children's rights to education, details have emerged that the government diverted millions (US$) meant for Basic...Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 11:38hrs | 9006 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Mhondoro
ARTUZ boycott schools opening..plan mass protests, extra lessons
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has called upon its membership to further boycott schools opening, announce (plans for) mass protests and embark on extra lessons to force governme...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 08:14hrs | 1043 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Migrants, army face-off along South Africa-Zimbabwe border
EVERYDAY, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa - sometimes via the official border post but usually by taking the more dangerous informal route.Streams of m...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:25hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Former students give back to school
Mlambapele Primary School, located in Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, has received a significant facelift thanks to the efforts of the Mlambapele Former Students Association (MFSA). Th...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:53hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zifa tells ex-footballers to 'go back to school'
Former Mighty Warriors coach Rosemary Mugadza has called on former footballers aspiring to lead the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to pursue education if they want to qualify for top positions w...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:12hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to preside over another bogus hero burial
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today preside over the burial of liberation war stalwart and National Hero, Colonel (Retired) Kenny Ridzai Mabuya, who died last week after a short illness.In a statem...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
President Mohadi mourns hero Mabuya
ACTING President Kembo Mohadi has joined President Mnangagwa and the nation at large in mourning Colonel (Retired) Kenny Ridzai Mabuya, who will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Wednesday....Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council struggles to pay December salaries
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) is struggling to pay its workers their December salaries including bonuses.The failure by the local authority to pay its 1 200 employees has had a ne...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Goblins immobilise pupils
VILLAGERS of Tsholotsho are still trying to come to terms with a mysterious ‘ailment' that has left about a dozen school children unable to walk after attacks from mysterious creatures.The b...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Thousands celebrate Defence Forces Day
Tens of thousands of appreciative citizens yesterday thronged various centres countrywide to commemmorate defence forces day with the main celebrations being held at the National Sports Stadium yIn Ha...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's teacher-to-learner ratio straining education system
THE country is grappling with significant educational challenges, demanding immediate attention and action.With over five million learners in both primary and secondary schools across the coun...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
US foreign policy and the Zimbabwe dollar!
In my life journey, my three years stay in Jamaica was probably the most traumatic and most revealing as to how the imperialists work.I am, therefore, surprised that Mthuli Ncube and his handl...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | 5 | by Kenneth Mufuka
75 pupils cheat death in bus inferno
ABOUT 75 Pakame High School pupils cheated death yesterday when their hired Inter Africa bus burst into flames after being involved in an accident along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.The student...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools revert to five-day week
All schools from today revert to the normal five-day learning week as there is no longer need to rotate attendance at schools short of classrooms to handle decongestion rules to minimise Covid-19 infe...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Trainee pastor barred from stalking underage ex-girlfriend
A TRAINEE pastor was last week arraigned before Harare magistrate Tamara Chibende facing allegations of disturbing the peace of his former girlfriend, a minor, with whom he has a child.The tra...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nurse recruitment bottlenecks handicap Zimbabwean women
She lay on the ground facing the sky, hoping for a miracle to happen.Different hymns could be heard in her mind and heart, as she tried to get answers on this particular "curse.""Why d...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to consider return of June examinations
SCHOOLS will open for the 2023 first term tomorrow, with the exception of boarding schools in two provinces where the authorities have issued an adverse weather alert, prompted by downpours over the w...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Schools to open despite flood alert
SCHOOLS will open for the 2023 first term tomorrow, with the exception of boarding schools in two provinces where the authorities have issued an adverse weather alert, prompted by downpours over the w...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife invited to Iran
IRAN's First Lady Dr Jamileh Alamolhoda on Saturday rolled out the red carpet for her counterpart Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, where the two exchanged notes on various issues including education, health, wo...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools third term opens
IT was a hive of activity for boarders across the country yesterday as they returned to their schools for the third term that starts today.Pupils and a representative of national school heads ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Limpopo Health MEC says Mnangagwa should save Zimbabweans
LIMPOPO provincial health minister, Phophi Ramathuba, has said there was nothing wrong with her expressing frustrations to a Zimbabwean woman who was scheduled for a surgery at a hospital in Bela Bela...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'I tried to change Zanu-PF from within'
Veteran politician and war veteran Margaret Dongo said she tried to change Zanu-PF from within by being outspoken and critical of the ruling party's policies.Dongo (MD), who was eventually exp...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe school dropouts skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 20% increase in school dropouts since 2020 when schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the Union of Education Norway in conjunction with the Zimbabwe...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Beast Mtawarira to launch wine label in big business move
AFTER his successful rugby career, former Springbok and Sharks star Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira continues to make even bigger moves in the business world.Former Sharks strongman and 2019 Rugby Wo...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Massive 50% drop in 'O' Level candidates
THE number of candidates sitting for Ordinary Level examinations has plummeted by 50% in five years, prompting teachers unions to raise alarm.The number of candidates sitting for the Zimbabwe ...Published: 05 May 2022 at 19:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
100% uniforms price hike kills back-to-school hype
SOME retailers have raised prices of school uniforms and other school items claiming manufacturers hiked prices by up to 100 percent, dampening the back-to-school preparations by parents and guardians...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties attend Workers Day commemorations
Zimbabwean workers yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating Workers' Day, with the Government calling for unity while expressing its commitment to improving the welfare of workers throu...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos mars war vets screening
THE vetting exercise of non-combatant cadres and war collaborators has been marred with controversy amid claims the process is flawed and exclusionary.Defence and War Veterans Affairs minister...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant girls troop back to school
SEVERAL teenage girls in Ntabazinduna who had dropped out of school after falling pregnant during the Covid-19 pandemic when schools were closed for the better part of last year have returned to schoo...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tells NGOs to go assist in war-torn Ukraine
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavima has said non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the country should not cry foul over the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment B...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe replacing absentee teachers
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) said it was going ahead with plans to replace teachers who defied its ultimatum to report for work yesterday without the option of re-engagement in future.T...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Back to school for Form Ones
THE opening of schools comes into full swing today when Form One classes join the rest of the learners, with teachers also expected to resume their normal duties.Schools opened for the First T...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Low sales for school uniform despite the opening of schools
SCHOOL uniform and stationery retailers say business has been low despite the opening of schools this week when compared to previous years.The opening of schools is normally characterised by b...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Oskido back at school
POPULAR Bulawayo-raised DJ and musician Oscar Sibonginkosi Mdlongwa aka Oskido has gone back to school after enrolling with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Oskido shared the news o...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 21:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools opening today
The first term opens today for all classes except Form One and Lower Six, who will be opening separately soon.Learners said they were happy to be going back to school and hoped that they will ...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New school terms set
This year's school calender has three terms, with the first starting on Monday next week, encompassing in total 185 school days and no exeat weekends to minimise health risks from school breaks....Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
From Gwabalanda to Silicon Valley
RAISED by a single mother who worked as a maid, a young man from Gwabalanda suburb in Bulawayo found himself landing at one of the world's top tech companies, Twitter.Eric Khumalo (26) did his...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has highest number of school dropouts
CLOSE to 60 percent of school going age children dropped out of school in Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, a worrying trend which has also seen the province having the lowest number of pupils within it...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'National Blankets out of the woods'
NATIONAL Blankets Ltd in Bulawayo requires a capital injection of US$1,5 million to operate optimally.The company's business development manager Shepherd Nyambirai said this during a tour of t...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife attends Third Eurasian Women's Forum in Russia
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is here to attend the Third Eurasian Women's Forum, on Wednesday had a heart-to-heart discussion with the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly o...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
DJ Cleo goes back to school
Tlou Cleopas Monyepao, professionally known as DJ Cleo has decided to go back to school and further his education, another South African musician Prince Kaybee has said. ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 11:04hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
24% of pupils fail to return to school
TWENTY-FOUR percent of pupils have not returned to school following the reopening of learning institutions due to early pregnancies, school boys venturing into artisanal mining and failure to pay fees...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sick bays set up at boarding schools
Schools today reopen for non-examination classes for the long second and final term of 75 teaching days for these classes, without exeat weekends, and with temporary holding and sick bays set up at mo...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police warn transport operators
POLICE have warned transport operators against taking advantage of Government's reprieve for intercity travel for learners to transport other passengers on other business.Government has opened...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 20:16hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Nightmare for teachers as transporters demand forex
TEACHERS and other school support staff are facing a nightmare to get to their respective stations ahead of full schools opening tomorrow after it emerged that inter-city buses are still banned except...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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